October 6 in San Antonio history…

1887
The San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad is completed to Kerrville.

1968
HemisFair ’68 comes to a close with a final total of 6,384, 482 attendees.

1993
The Miller brothers donate the site of the former Fiesta Plaza Mall (derisively referred to as the “pink elephant”) to the University of Texas system for a downtown UTSA campus.

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